Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism And The Performance Of Native American History

Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism And The Performance Of Native American History

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As Tourists Increasingly Moved Across The United States In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, A Surprising Number Of Communities Looked To Capitalize On The Histories Of Native American People To Create Tourist Attractions. From The Happy Canyon Indian Pageant And Wild West Show In Pendleton, Oregon, To Outdoor Dramas Like Tecumseh! In Chillicothe, Ohio, And Unto These Hills In Cherokee, North Carolina, Locals Staged Performances That Claimed To Honor An Indigenous Past While Depicting That Past On White Settlers' Terms. Linking The Origins Of These Performances To Their Presentday Incarnations, This Incisive Book Reveals How They Constituted What Katrina Phillips Calls Salvage TourismA Set Of Practices Paralleling Socalled Salvage Ethnography, Which Documented The Histories, Languages, And Cultures Of Indigenous People While Reinforcing A Belief That Native American Societies Were Inevitably Disappearing.Across Time, Phillips Argues, Tourism, Nostalgia, And Authenticity Converge In The Creation Of Salvage Tourism, Which Blends Tourism And History, Contestations Over Citizenship, Identity, Belonging, And The Continued Use Of Indians And Indianness As A Means Of Escape, Entertainment, And Economic Development.

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